Pablo de Baylen

Pablo de Baylen (3 November 1781-24 June 1821) was a colonel of the Royal Army in America during the South American Wars of Liberation.

Biography
Pablo de Baylen was born in Upata, New Granada in 1781, and he sided with the Spanish absolute monarchy during the South American Wars of Liberation. Baylen commanded a regiment of foot of the Royal Army in America during the war against Simon Bolivar's republican rebels, and he was captured at the Battle of Carabobo in 1821. He was executed on the orders of Bolivar, who advocated a war of extermination against the Spanish.